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Alix Dobkin, ‘Head Lesbian’ And First Star Of Womyn’s Music, Dead At 80

“In the early 1970s, long before the rise of lesbian or gay-friendly acts such as K.D. Lang, Melissa Etheridge, Ani DiFranco and the Indigo Girls, Ms. Dobkin was writing and recording songs that celebrated lesbian life. … [She made] music history in 1973 when she released Lavender Jane Loves Women, generally considered the first full-length album by, for and about lesbians.” Dobkin went on to spend decades performing on the lesbian coffeehouse-bookstore-music festival circuit, becoming such an institution that her fans called her “the Head Lesbian.” – The Washington Post

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